Archive for July 22nd, 2019
Update: Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
There may be a solution underway to get Iran’s grip on the Persian Gulf eliminated. The UK is proposing a UK-led mission that is meant to stop the harassment and seizure of non-Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Per the article: Briefing Parliament on the budding crisis, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt accused Iran of […]
Finding the Hornet CV-8
From CBS back in February, comes this video of finding the Hornet CV-8, right where she sank during World War II, somewhere near the Solomon Islands in the Pacific. Nicely done. Fair winds and following seas to all who died in that battle.
Venezuela Has Planes, and….
And now they’re chasing ours in open air space. Seems the Venezuelan military has been shadowing our planes in the Caribbean. https://www.militarytimes.com/video/2019/07/21/venezuelan-su-30-flanker-shadowing-a-us-ep-3-aircraft/ The article has a video of Venezuelan fighter jet shadowing a US EP-3 in international air space in the Caribbean. Here’s a second video from the Navy: I had no idea that Venezuela […]
Funerals for S1c David B. Edmonston and Pfc William E. Brandenburg (World War II); and PFC John A. Taylor, CPL Charles S. Lawler, and CPL Billy J. Butler (Korea)
Last September, DPAA announced that it had accounted for S1c David B. Edmonston, US Navy. S1c Edmonston was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. S1c Edmonston will be buried this weekend – on Saturday, 27 July 2019 – in Portland, Oregon. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location […]
Monday Feel Good Stories
Ruger Mk IV 22/45 Man shoots at alleged thief who stole car at gas station, police say By J.D. Capelouto Shots rang out near Stone Mountain Thursday evening after a man saw his car being stolen at a gas station, police said. The owner of the 2015 Dodge Challenger left the car running while he […]
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